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Midvale: Fire Incidents, Utah (UT)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 105. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 180 took place in 2004, and the least - 17 in 2009. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Midvale, UT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Midvale:	27.1
Murray:	32.0
Sandy:	2.3
Cottonwood Heights:	14.6
Taylorsville:	20.8
Holladay:	19.9
West Jordan:	11.0
Millcreek:	11.9
South Jordan:	9.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


The median response time in Midvale, UT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Midvale:	6 minutes
Murray:	6 minutes
Sandy:	6 minutes
Cottonwood Heights:	7 minutes
Taylorsville:	7 minutes
Holladay:	7 minutes
West Jordan:	6 minutes
South Jordan:	7 minutes
South Salt Lake:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 12 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 69 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2008. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the Utah value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Midvale, UT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Midvale:	13.4
Murray:	5.4
Sandy:	23.3
Cottonwood Heights:	14.7
Taylorsville:	8.6
Holladay:	1.6
West Jordan:	14.4
South Jordan:	10.1
South Salt Lake:	7.7

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,786 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during July, and the least (3.6%) in February.
Out of all 16,983 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.5%), Fire (10.5%), and Good Intent Call (9.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Midvale, UT
• 10,77863.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,78610.5%Fire
• 1,6079.5%Good Intent Call
• 1,0996.5%False Alarm
• 1,0166.0%Hazardous Condition
• 6303.7%Service Call
• 230.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 230.1%Special Incident
• 210.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.0%), and Outside Fires (24.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Midvale, UT
• 92852.0%Structure Fires
• 43724.5%Outside Fires
• 27715.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1448.1%Other